Wolfgang Tillmans is celebrated for his innovative and ethically driven photographic art, which spans a vast array of genres, including social movements, still lifes, portraits, and abstract works. His continual experimentation invites viewers to engage deeply with his images. This richly illustrated volume accompanies a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art and features essays from various writers, alongside a new piece by Tillmans that reveals his unique approach to presenting his photography, reflecting on four decades of his influential career.
Born in 1908 in France, Henri Cartier-Bresson is considered to be the father of modern photojournalism. Early on he adopted the versatile 35mm format and helped develop the popular “street photography” style, influencing generations of photographers that followed. In his own words, he expressed that “the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity, the master of the instant which, in visual terms, questions and decides simultaneously. . . . It is by economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.” In 1947 Cartier-Bresson founded Magnum Photos with four other photographers. August 22 will be the 100th anniversary of his birth.
At the start of the 20th century, long before the triumphal march of the illustrated press, photography in the form of postcards was all the rage. This volume presents the extraordinary inventiveness in postcard production that unites elements of popular culture with photographic images.
This edition showcases a landmark photobook that has significantly influenced the genre throughout the twentieth century. It highlights the evolution of photographic art and its cultural impact, making it essential for both enthusiasts and scholars. The book features a curated selection of images that exemplify the pivotal moments in photography, reflecting the artistic vision and historical context of its time.
This introduction explores the innovative works of French artist Sophie Calle, highlighting her unique approach to storytelling through art. It delves into her exploration of identity, intimacy, and the boundaries between public and private life. The book showcases Calle's diverse projects, which often blend photography, text, and performance, offering insight into her creative process and the themes that define her influential career.
Peter Miller, an artist who explores magic and illusion, utilizes film and photography techniques to create photograms, luminograms, and collages. His work includes a video of 10,000 sunset photos and a unique film projector installation for the Venice Biennale. A comprehensive monograph will accompany his major survey at C/O Berlin.
The official publication celebrating Magnum Photos’ 70th anniversary with a fresh and insightful view of Magnum’s history and archive, accompanying a landmark exhibition showing in New York at the International Center of Photography in 2017 before touring worldwide In this landmark photography publication and accompanying exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the renowned photo agency, Clément Chéroux and Clara Bouveresse demonstrate how Magnum Photos owes its preeminence to the ability of its photographers to encompass and navigate the points between photography as art object and photography as documentary evidence. Magnum Manifesto is organized into three parts: Part 1, Human Rights and Wrongs (1947-1968), views the Magnum archive through a humanist lens, focusing on postwar ideals of commonality and utopianism. Part 2, An Inventory of Differences (1969-1989), shows a world fragmenting, with a focus on subcultures, minorities, and outsiders. Part 3, Stories About Endings (1990-present day), charts the ways in which Magnum photographers have captured—and continue to capture—a world in flux and under threat. Featuring both group and individual projects, this volume includes magazine spreads, newspaper features, and letters, putting some of the world’s most recognizable images in creative context. Magnum Manifesto is an expertly curated, essential collection of images and commentary.
Lustige Katzenbilder mit makabren Sprüchen, die über Social Media geteilt werden, digitale Bilder, die unsichtbar durch die Infrastruktur des Internets zirkulieren oder online beauftragte Arbeitskräfte, die moralisch fragwürdige Inhalte erstellen oder aus dem Netz entfernen: Seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre untersuchen Eva & Franco Mattes die Auswirkungen des Internets auf unseren Alltag, und reflektieren, wie vernetzte Bilder zunehmend unser privates und soziales Verhalten mitbestimmen. Dabei beleuchtet das künstlerische Duo die undurchsichtigen Mechanismen, Infrastrukturen und Verhaltensformen unserer vernetzten Gesellschaft - und halten den Zuschauer:innen schonungslos und mit einer guten Prise schwarzem Humor den Spiegel vor. Eva & Franco Mattes, geboren 1976 in Brescia (Italien), leben und arbeiten in New York. -- Funny cat pics with creepy captions shared on social media, digital images that circulate unseen through the internet's infrastructure, or anonymous workers hired online to create morally dubious content or to remove it from the web: Eva & Franco Mattes have been investigating the internet's effects on our daily lives since the 1990s, reflecting on how networked images increasingly define our private and social behaviour. In the process, the artist duo dissect the opaque mechanisms of our networked society, its infrastructures and forms of online spectatorship-holding up a mirror to the viewer that is at once unsparing and darkly humorous. Eva & Franco Mattes, born 1976 in Brescia (Italy), live and work in New York.
Exploration des liens entre le mouvement surréaliste, la photographie et le cinéma, à travers des clichés de Man Ray, Bellmer, Cahun, Ubac, Boiffard, Tabard, etc. L'ouvrage montre les essais sur les différents usages de la photographie par les surréalistes réunis autour de Breton, de Bataille, etc. Publié à l'occasion d'une exposition présentée à Paris, Winterthour et Madrid
